Swather for mowing-machines.



S. A. D. RILEY. SWA'I'HER FOR MOWING MACHINES. APPLICATION nun) MAR.8,1906.

930,61 7. Patented Aug. 10; 1909.

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No; 936,617.51 v

useful Swather. for lVIowing-h/Iachines, of

whichthe following a specification. v

An ob ect of the invention is to provide improved means for laying the swath of hay I or grain cut by a mowing machine out of the way of the standing hay or grain, so that the same will be out of the way of the knife on the succeeding round of the mowingmachine.

The invention relates to that class which comprises the combination with a sickle-bar of a finger extending in front of the sickle bar at or near its outer extremity and provided with a' fender extending rearwardly and inwardly from the front of the finger.

The invention consists in improvements in a device for parting the standing grain or grass in front of the sickle-bar, bending the grain or grass to be cut away from that to be left standing, causing it to fall away from the standing grass or grain and thereby preventing it from being cut into a second time on the succeeding round of the machine.

The object of this invention is to provide a superior device for separating the grain or grass before it is cut and to avoid all liability of interference with fallen or tangledgrass, the same being so constructed as to hold and bend the grain or grass at time of being cut, so that it will fall away from the standing grain or grass and will be guided and laid a distance therefrom, so as to leave a space between the cut and standing grain or grass.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a fragmental plan view showing the invention ready for operation. Fig. 2 is a view from the rear of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation from the rightj of'Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevatlon of Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 8, 1906. Serial No. 304,890.

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COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-FOURTH TO wARRnxin. LLOYD, OF-LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

i SWATHER son mowme-mecnmns.

PatentedAug. 10,1909.

provided with a fender 8 extending rearwardly from the forward end of the fingere, and sloping rearwardly, and extendingobliquely across the sickle-bar away from the outer end 9 thereof, so that as the mower moves forward the finger 7 will part the standing grain b1 grass before the cutters of the sickle-bar reach the same, so that when the grass or grain is cut by. the cutters 2 of the sickle-bar the same will fall away from the standing grass or grain, leaving 'a bare space alongside the standing grain in the path over which the finger 4; and fender S The rear portion of the linger 4 is flattened to form a shoe 10 curving upwardly at its, rear end 11 to avoid catching on obstructions or running into the ground. when the end of the sickle-bar is moved backward. The finger may be constructed to be attached to any machine.

12 designates a vertical slot in the standard 5 through which the bolt 6 passes, thus allowing adjustment of the shoe 10 up and down to correspond to the elevation desired for the sickle-bar above the ground.

The iinger 4 may be formed of a rod projecting forwardly and upwardly and bent into a V-shap'e, and provided at the rear with a shoe havin a fiat portion to rest on.

the ground, as shown; from which shoe the rod extends asla it upward and forward to the point of the V and thence rearward and sidewise aslant from a vertical plane that extends axially of the shoe.

The shoe may be made of steel or any other substance that will Wear Well, and the finger and fender may be made of metal rod or other device. It is preferably made of steel rod. I

In practical use as the siclde-bar moves forward,- the point of the device separates the standing grain to be out from that which is to be left uncut and bends the same toward the path through which the sicklebar is about to pass and holds the grass or grain in the bent position until it cdmes above the sickle bar and is cut, whereupon the cut grass or grain will fall away from the grass or grainthat is left stamling, thus icav- ,ing a clear space between the cut grass ni' grain and that which is left standing. 1,

In the form shown in Fig. two rods 5, S,

are provided to form the fender. This form may be found desirable where the gram r grass to be cut varies in length; one rod 8 being arranged below the level of the other to bend the shorter grain or grass, and the upper rod 8 being designed to bend the taller rass.

What I claim is:

1. A swath'er for mowing machines comprising the finger 4, the standard'5 formed integral with the finger and having a vertical slot 12, said finger projecting forwardly from the standard and terminating in a point 7,

to form the shoe 10 under the vend of the sickle-bar and having the upwardly-curved rear end 11, the standard 5 secured to the shoe-part and having a vertical slot and the bolt 6 inserted in the slot to secure the swather to the sickleibar.

3. Aswather for mowing machines com- .Erising the combination with the sickle-bar aving the guards 3, of the finger 4 projecting forwardly and terminating in the point 7, the fender 8 extending rearwardly from the point 7 and inwardly over the sickle-bar, the fender 8 extending rearwardly from an intermediate point on the finger and inwardly over the sickle-bar, the rear portion of the finger 4 being flattened to form the shoe 10 having theupwardly-curved rear end 1. 1., the standard 5 formed integrally with the shoe and having the vertical slot and the bolt 6 seated in the sickle' bar and adjustably mounted in the slot to secure the 'swather in place.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California this 27th dayof February 1906'.

s. A. D. RILEY.

In presence of JAMES R. TOWNSEND, JULIA TOWNSEND. 

